The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-14


probably went 70 Canada.
W. Y MrRRlAN, banker Of It, Paul,
MINI, carried tho Republican caucus, ana
val be Speaker Of the Minnesota House
q Representatives
CAPTAIN LEMON. treasurer Of the Logan
fund, purchased on the q to'oo worm
Of four per cent United states bonds on
account Of the fund.
PREsrox. KHAN \ Co, Chicago, have
been ordered BY Judge Gresham 70 pay the
Nodaway Valley Bank the amount OF the
bonds stolen by Ker, the defauitine
cashier. who fed 70 Peru.
TUE Paris correspondent OF the London
Times rcitcrates his statement regardinga
Russo German alliance
Tur recent cold weather has covered the
St Lawrence river with ice, sufficiently
strong 70 allow Of the crossing OF teams
between Cape Vincent and Kingston
distance Of twelve miles.
A SERIOUS IRE In the Odescalchi palace
at Rome on the ID, was caused by the lights
on Z Christmas tree. All the jewels %
longing to the princess, all the valuable
missals and pictures, including small
Raphael. and the whole Of the splendid
collection Of ancient furniture on the
second floor were burned. The loss -
sl.oOO,OOo The palace was not injured.
The Journal De ST. Pst<rsbsrg denies the
stories that the Czar i insane, and charac-
terixcs IS falsehoods the several actions
attributed 70 the Car and referred 70 q
illustrating the nature OF his maiady.
Tur exclusive right to sell salt on the
Isthmus Of Panama will be granted q
whoever will paw the highest price for II.
FURTHER earthquake shocks were felt
| in MARYLAND and South Carolina on the
| 9Th.
CHARLES Ross. who was in jail at Albu
ourque, N NJ, for q double murder, es
| capped on the 4th
Nh. GLADSTONE declines to expire % any
opinion on the ..plan Of campaign" In Ire
land.
SIXTEEN persons are known to have beer
killed. and as many more injured, oy
collision on the Baltimore q Ohio road
near Thin, o.. on the 9Th.
| DIR. WEIR, OF Oscoda. Mich. was com
mitted for extradition. on the 4tn, before
Judge Elliott At London. Ont
The three Frisco express robbers were
sentenced at St Louis on the 9Th. VIII
rock and Haight each got seven years, AM
Weaver got i've years, with the cost
assessed against them.
COMPANY OF Canadian and Englis
capitalists propose to construct . caol
telegraph line from Vancouver 70 Au'
tralia.
II ArrArS ran into q sleigh-load Of me
near Pewaukee. Wis. on the 4th, KILN
three and fatally injuring several Others
II ARArLwAY collision al West Springfield
Mass. on the 4th. caused one life TO be los
and about dozen other persons were Il
jured.
PREsfpExr CLEVELAND has commute
: the death sentence Of John W. Parrott-
Arkansas, TO i've years imprisonment
| PRoGREss in the reconstruction OF IN
British Cabinet is impeded by party lea
ousies over Goschen's appointment
Two Mcxicans were killed outright, an
: two more MORALLY wounded, by two n
groes and a white man in GuadaluT
County, Tex on the 4th.
IT was announced at the fortnightly n
tional League meeting at Dublin, on u
4th. that the receipts from America durir
! the preceding two weeks amounted
| $4,000
/. THE board OF engineers sent by the w
\ Department 70 investigate the matter y
| reported against low bridge at St Lou
~ The caucus nominees Of the nlinc
Legislature were as follows: For pre-
dent of the Senate. August W. Berggre
Rem: Andrew J. Bell, Dem For Speakt
william r. Calhoun, Rep; Clayton
y Crafts. Dem
!. THE President has signed the bill q
4 thorixing the construction OF Bird
across the St Louis river between Minr
sofa and Wisconsin
Il THE Comptroller OF the Currency on
Z eth issued call upon the National ban
= for statement OF their condition on
~ cember y, 1os6-
4 THE rotund figure OF tn Q Hon. Ber
~ min r. Butler moved with an easy fam
arity about the floor Of the House Of II
resentatives At Washington on the
er Mr.. Butler spent abouttwo hours chattl
re- with the different members.
~ THE President resumed his oficial dut
:. on the 4th. He was still suffering fr
~ rheumatic pains, but seemed to be impr
q ing steadily. He had long intervi
Y. | with the Civil Service Commissioners, 9
subsequently received Comptroller Tr
holm. The regular Cabinet meeting v
=. held In the afternoon. all the members
~ cept Secretary Lamar being In attendan
CHARIEL II SHERRILL. who died az
~ suddenly in Washington on the might
~ the Sd. has been one OF the notable figu
w in the capital for more than quarter (
Y. century. He - spoken Of in obituary
tices as the attorney OF the Central |
Southern Pacific railroads. He was
4, reality the head Of the Transcontincr
"a y. railroad lobby. and had been the trus
u. agent in Washington Of Huntington, st
80 ford and Jay Gould for great many yet
80 THE Emperor and Empress OF Aus
~ will meet the King and Queen Of Ital.
q. Venice in March. on the occasion OF
unwilling Of the monument Of the
King Victor Emanual.
The Illinois Legisl ature convened on
~, 5th, and william r. Calhoun, Republi
~. ~ was elected Speaker Of the House. z
.ne G. johnson was the Democratic nomi
-. GERHARD GcELKER, aged one huns
ne years. died Of EnIngham, Ill, on the q
The North Carolina Legislature asi
~ bled At Raleigh on the 5th-
JOHx Roach, the ship-buildcr, i
thought, can not live more than .
ars | weeks at the outside.
led THE Journal de ~. Pefsvsbwrg scouts
cor idea Of Prince Alexander returning
~ Bulgaria as ruler.
OH ANOTHER circular dcnouncing O Dom
-. Rosa has been issued BY the Re
per brotherhood.
's2ol FuTr-sIx rioters were sentence
Dublin on the 5th 70 terms Of imprisonl
ranging from twelve TO eighteen moi